2 men rescued, boat sinks in Delaware Bay

GREENWICH, N.J. (AP) — Two Pennsylvania men escaped serious injury when the 20-foot boat they were in sank in waters off southern New Jersey.

GREENWICH, N.J. (AP) — Two Pennsylvania men escaped serious injury when the 20-foot boat they were in sank in waters off southern New Jersey.

State police said Richard Stevens, 45, of Philadelphia, and Matthew Puglin, 21, of Plymouth Meeting, made a distress call just before 6 p.m. Saturday. The men said the boat was taking on water about a mile off the Cohansey River in the Delaware Bay.

The state police Marine Unit at Bivalve responded along with the Coast Guard and rescue crews from Lower Alloways and Greenwich townships. The men were spotted clinging to a cooler in the water. Both men were treated for hypothermia.